Chugga chugga, chugga chugga! Choo! Choooooo!

Yep, you guessed it. I AM the little engine that could.

I chugga chugged my way through a really terrible week at work.

I chugga chugged my way through sleep deprivation.

I chugga chugged my way through 6 days of working out.

I chugga chugged my way into earning more points than I ate this week.

And so, I chugga chugged my way into losing 2.4 pounds this week! Woo hoo! I mean, Choo, choo!!

So as of today, my weight is 259 'point' 2. Yea! I'm back in the 50's! Rock on!! I haven't been in the 250s since I was pregnant with Lily and my weight was creeping up the scale. Actually, when I was pregnant, my weight wasn't so much creeping as it was doing a quick sprint up the scale. I was careful with what I ate when I was pregnant, but not how much I ate.

When I found out I was pregnant I had already gained back about 20 pounds from a 40 pound weight-loss that I had accomplished doing the "Core" program in Weight Watchers.  I was at 250 the day that I found out I was pregnant.  The last time I looked at the scale during my pregnancy though, was when I had ballooned up to 292.  I asked the OB doctor to just keep my weight a secret from me, so I don't actually know how heavy I got, but I know it was definitely above 300 pounds.  Yikes!  I've never told anyone that before, so consider yourselves members of a very secret society.  I'll be developing a secret handshake very soon. It may involve a chest bump.  Just FYI.

So this is a very exciting time for me because I am definitely losing baby weight.  Only 10 more pounds to go before I am in the pre-pregnancy zone.  That's pretty exciting.  So now my next mini goal is get down to 249.  When I'm there, I will do a big happy dance, because I will finally be closer to 200 pounds than 300.  That's worth celebrating right there.

After Weight Watchers I decided to visit my brother's grave.  I don't know why I felt the urge to go there today, but I did, so I went.  There was snow on the hill where he's buried.  And there was a bulldozer digging a new grave in the area where my brother was laid, so I couldn't get too close.  I still am not sure what I was doing there today, I just felt the need to go.  I miss him a lot.

Today at WW, the topic was about motivation, and for me, Dwain's death was a big motivation to lose weight.  (If you haven't read the post I made about my brother, you can read it here.)  Even after he died, it took awhile for me to really take getting healthy to become a serious priority for me. I'm glad that it is now.  I think he's probably pretty glad that I'm taking it seriously now as well.

Ten more pounds.  I think I can! I think I can!

It's a lot easier to chug it along with all the encouragement I have surrounding me.  I have encouragers here on earth, and I am fairly certain I have some up in Heaven saying, "You can do this!"

So here I go.....chugga chugga, chugga chugga, chugga chugga....Choo! Choo!!